 | '98 Sino-US Summit: Mayor of Shanghai Xu Kuangdi (left) and traders on the floor of the new Shanghai Stock Exchange welcomed U.S. President Clinton on June 30th, 1998. click to open  |
 | Stock holders look at the monitors showing the movement of stock prices Thursday June 17, 1999 at a trust company in Shanghai. China is in the grip of stock market fever. After two years in the doldrums, its two exchanges have risen 45 percent in the past month. Shares change hands in record numbers as millions of new investors pile into the market. click to open |
 | A stock broker rubs his face after a midday break Thursday, June 17, 1999 at Shanghai Stock Exchange. China's yuan rose to its strongest level against the U.S. dollar Thursday, gaining on support from climbing exports. click to open |
 | Chinese stock traders speak after a midday break Thursday, June 17, 1999 at Shanghai Stock Exchange in Shanghai. The Shanghai exchange's index ended 1.29 points, or 2.7 percent higher at 49.36 on trade worth expanded $21.8 million. China's yuan rose to its strongest level against the U.S. dollar Thursday, gaining on support from climbing exports. At the close of trade Thursday, the U.S. dollar was at CNY8.2773, down from Wednesday's CNY8.2775. click to open |
 | Life in Shanghai: Traders read newspapers at the Shanghai Stock Exchange market Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999. As China tries to rebuild confidence in its unruly financial markets, the first effect of new rules meant to protect has begun to drive money out of its two slumping stock exchanges, Shanghai and Shenzhen. click to open |
 | Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the Shanghai stock exchange on March 8th, 1998 click to open |
 | China continued its economic reform with the introduction of stock market in early 1990s. Photo shown a trading hallin Shanghai's Pudong New Zone. click to open |
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